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ACTIVITIES & PROGRAMMES
OIE
OIE 2020 Activity Report
One Health for allKEYWORDS
#One Health, #World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
www.report2020oie.fr
Globalisation and climate change, unregulated trade, unsustainable agricultural practices, ourconsumption patterns… all facilitate the emergence and spread of diseases between wildanimals, domestic animals and humans, endangering the health of all. In 2020, the COVID-19pandemic brutally brought the intrinsic link between animal, human and environmental health toeveryone’s attention. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) works to break diseasetransmission cycles by collaborating with partners, experts and donors and by supportingcountries.
Our visionBuilding a healthier and safer future for all
Our actionContinuing our work
Addressing antimicrobial resistanceFighting animal diseases
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Coordinating a regional response to African horse sickness
Navigating the COVID-19 crisis
Encouraging dialogue between expertsInside the OIE’s rumour tracking serviceStepping up global health management
Looking forward
Better data for better animal healthProtecting wildlife healthTraining health professionals
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ACTIVITIES & PROGRAMMES
OIE
OIE Aquatic Animal Health Strategy 2021–2025
Improved aquatic animal health and welfare worldwideKEYWORDS
#aquatic animal, #OIE Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission, #OIE Aquatic Animal Health Strategy, #strategy, #sustainability, #WorldOrganisation for Animal Health (OIE).
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Acknowledging the need to build more sustainable aquatic animal health systems, the WorldOrganisation for Animal Health (OIE) launched its first Aquatic Animal Health Strategy inMay 2021.
Human consumption of aquatic animal products is greater than ever before. Today, aquatic animals are the mainsource of protein for billions of people worldwide, and demand is expected to increase. To satisfy this demand,aquatic animal production will need to double by 2050, with most of this growth coming from aquaculture.
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Yet, aquatic animal diseases threaten the sustainable growth of the aquaculturesector and, consequently, our food supply. This threat is shared and requires coordinated actions by the OIE and itsMembers, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, to protect and improve aquatic animal health worldwide.
Acknowledging the need to build more sustainable aquatic animal health systems, the OIE launched its first AquaticAnimal Health Strategy in May 2021. This Strategy will improve aquatic animal health and welfare worldwide,contributing to sustainable economic growth, poverty alleviation and food security, thereby supporting theachievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
[ View the OIE Aquatic Animal Health Strategy 2021–2025 ]
OIE Aquatic Animals Portal
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ACTIVITIES & PROGRAMMES
OIE
Centenary of the 1921 Paris International Conference which led to thecreation of the OIE
SUMMARY
After an outbreak of rinderpest that devastated post-war Europe in 1920, Emmanuel Leclainche initiated thecoordination of an international conference to study epizootics and their prevention. The conference was held inParis in May 1921 and called for the establishment of an international body to control infectious animal diseases.
KEYWORDS
#conference, #history, #international organisation, #rinderpest, #World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
The severe economic impact and social disruption caused by animal diseases and the need tomanage animal production – essential for food security – mean that combating epizootics hasalways been of the utmost importance to veterinarians.
The International Office of Epizootics (the OIE) was founded at one of the most distressing moments forveterinarians in the days following the First World War, when the sources of food production in Europe had beendestroyed and misery and hunger paralysed the lives of all the warring countries.
An outbreak of rinderpest in Belgium in 1920 …
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In these difficult post-war years, another threat came to a Europe already in ruins. Rinderpest was found at theBelgian port of Antwerp in June 1920 with a shipment of zebu (Indian cattle), en route from India to Brazil. Theapparently healthy animals were disembarked and quarantined in transit areas, to be taken aboard another shipthat would carry them to Brazil. Meanwhile, three shipments of beef cattle arrived at the same port from theUnited States. These animals were shipped by rail in small batches to regional slaughterhouses. A few hundred ofthem were placed in the same location as the zebu, and stayed there for one or two days before being transportedto the dispatch centres. However, a severe outbreak of rinderpest broke out among the animals that had beenstabled with the zebu.
This news was of serious concern to the whole of Europe: not only to all of its veterinarians, particularly the Headsof national Animal Health Services, but also to farmers, breeders and the public in general, who brought enormouspressure to bear on the governments of the day.
Also known as ‘cattle plague’, rinderpest has always been a scourge. Outbreaks of the disease have wiped outherds for thousands of years. During the 18th Century, over 200 million cattle died of the disease in Europe and,in 1889, a deadly epizootic event was recorded in Africa, caused by the introduction of three infected Indian cattleinto the port of Massawa, Eritrea. The disease spread to the south of Africa and killed 90% of all cattle in easternand southern Africa.
Moreover, the need to prevent and control the disease led to the creation of the first veterinary schools in France(1762), Egypt (1827) and India (1872), and led Dr John Gamgee, Professor of Animal Anatomy and Physiology inEdinburgh, Scotland, to organise the first International Veterinary Congress in Hamburg, Germany, in 1863.
… was the source of international cooperation for the control of animal diseases …
The risk posed by rinderpest in Belgium was mitigated thanks to the radical measures adopted. All infected animals,as well as animals that had been in contact with them, were immediately slaughtered; the carcasses andcontaminated materials were burnt; and the strictest surveillance measures implemented. But the alarm hadsounded, highlighting the responsibility of governments and amplifying the voice of veterinarians, which wasalready being heard in the International Veterinary Congresses. It was embodied by Professor EmmanuelLeclainche, Head of the French Veterinary Services, who declared: ‘the defence of a country’s livestock againstepizootics depends not only on the measures adopted by that country, but also on international agreement,whereby a disease prevention programme is established and developed in all the countries of the region, of thecontinent and the world’.
… which led to the creation of the OIE in 1924
Multilingual and passionate about international veterinary work and research, Professor Leclainche took a leadingrole in the organisation of the international conference for the study of epizootics and their prevention.
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Delegations from 43 countries and territories participated in the ParisConference from 25 to 28 May 1921, including countries from Europe (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland,France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Monaco, Norway, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland,Portugal, Romania, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Sweden, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia), nine countries from theAmericas (the Republic of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Haiti, Paraguay, Peru, and the United Statesof America), three from Africa (Morocco, Tunisia and the Union of South Africa) and three from Asia and the Pacific(Australia, Japan and New Zealand).
The Sixth Resolution of the Conference expressed the wish that an International Office for the Control of InfectiousAnimal Diseases (epizootics) should be established in Paris and placed under the authority of a Committee thatwould meet at least once a year. Within less than three years, 28 states had approved the recommendation and anInternational Agreement for the creation of an Office International des Epizooties (OIE) was signed on25 January 1924. The OIE’s first Director General, Emmanuel Leclainche, remained in the position for 22 years,passing the baton to his successor, Gaston Ramon, in 1946.
The OIE collaborated with other international and regional organisations to implement vaccination programmes,surveillance and testing. It had a crucial role in streamlining the process for certification of countries as being freefrom specific animal diseases. Moreover, the world was officially declared free from rinderpest during the 79th OIEGeneral Session in 2011. The eradication of rinderpest is one of the most important achievements in the history ofveterinary medicine.
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© OIE Archives Photo Collection. Photo: Harcourt, ParisEmmanuel Leclainche was born in Aube, France, in 1861. He graduated at the Veterinary School of Alfort in 1882 andbecame a teacher of veterinary medicine in 1886. In 1891, he was appointed to the Chair of Infectious DiseasesPathology at the Veterinary School of Toulouse.His scientific work included research on swine erysipelas, blackleg (Clostridium chauvoei) and gas gangrene(C. perfringens). In addition, he was a prolific author. In 1891, he wrote the Précis de médecine vétérinaire (VeterinaryMedicine Handbook), and in 1895, with Professor Edmond Nocard, the Traité des maladies microbiennes des animaux(Treatise upon Microbial Diseases of Animals), which remains a classic. In 1903, he founded the Revue générale demédecine vétérinaire (General Review of Veterinary Medicine).In 1911, he was appointed Inspector General, Director of Health Services, at the French Ministry of Agriculture. He playedkey roles in the reorganisation and unification of the French Veterinary Services, in the General Inspection of VeterinarySchools, in the creation of the OIE, in the French Veterinary Academy and in law reform related to the veterinaryprofession (e.g. the creation of the Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine).
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1. La Semaine Vétérinaire dated 23 June 1921: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5506039x.2. Ministère de l’agriculture (France) (1921). – Conférence internationale pour l’étude des épizooties, Paris, 25-28 mai 1921.https://doc.oie.int/dyn/portal/index.xhtml?aloId=17574&page=alo.3. Alnot L. & Pistre G. (2005). – La vie et l’œuvre d’Emmanuel Leclainche (1861-1953). Bull. Soc. Fr. Hist. Méd. Sci. Vét., 2005, 4 (1), 94–103.http://sfhmsv.free.fr/SFHMSV_files/Textes/Activites/Bulletin/Txts_Bull/B5/Leclainche.pdf.4. World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (1954). – Emmanuel Leclainche – 1861-1953. OIE Bull., 41 (1).http://doc.oie.int/dyn/portal/index.xhtml?page=alo&aloId=31456.5. World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (2007). – A brief history of the OIE. OIE Bull., 2007 (1).http://doc.oie.int/dyn/portal/index.xhtml?page=alo&aloId=30632.6. OIE Rinderpest portal: https://www.oie.int/en/for-the-media/rinderpest/.7. ‘Never turn back’ website: https://rinderpestvigilance.com/en/.
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ACTIVITIES & PROGRAMMES
PARTNERS
One Health: The Tripartite Alliance works with UNEP to better integratethe health of ecosystems into Tripartite work
KEYWORDS
#One Health, #Tripartite (FAO/OIE/WHO), #United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), #wildlife, #World Organisation for AnimalHealth (OIE).
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The senior management of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) – orthe Tripartite Alliance – has been meeting on an annual basis for almost thirty years. On 17–18February 2021, the Tripartite Annual Executive Meeting was held for the 27th time.
The three organisations have been collaborating for many decades and advocating for a One Health approach tothe prevention, detection and control of diseases and to issues such as antimicrobial resistance. This year’s meetingwas notable, not only because it was held virtually, but because colleagues of the UN Environment Programme(UNEP) were invited to participate. It was at the Paris Peace Forum in November 2020 that the heads of all fourorganisations agreed to work together. Inviting Ms Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP, and members of herstaff to the Executive Meeting was the logical next step in starting the process of expanding the Tripartitecollaboration.
In the lead up to the Executive Meeting, the four organisations collaborated on the terms of reference for theOne Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP – also an outcome of the Paris Peace Forum). They subsequentlyissued a call for experts and agreed on a process for establishing a Secretariat for the Panel.
Furthermore, to expand their collaboration on One Health activities, the Executives agreed to renew the One Health
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concept and, with that, to develop a joint vision for intersectoral collaboration, implementation of work plans, andthe establishment of a task force for resource mobilisation.
The OIE is pleased to welcome UNEP to the table and looks forward to working with UNEP in the implementation ofactivities that will meet Members’ needs and expectations.
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ACTIVITIES & PROGRAMMES
PARTNERS
13th Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Conference communiqué
‘How to feed the world in times of pandemics and climate change?’KEYWORDS
#climate change, #declaration, #food security, #Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA), #One Health, #pandemic, #World Organisationfor Animal Health (OIE).
At the 13th Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Conference which was held from 18 to 22 January 2021as part of the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA), Agriculture Ministers from aroundthe world reaffirmed their commitment to climate-friendly and crisis-resistant agriculture.
A total of 76 Agriculture Ministers, as well as high-level representatives from13 international organisations, including Dr Monique Éloit, Director General of the World Organisation for Animal
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Health (OIE), agreed to an ambitious final communiqué.
In the communiqué, they agreed to, inter alia:
support the One Health approachstrengthen animal healthcreate resilient animal health systemsimprove health management for wildlife specieswork to prevent future pandemics.
Final communiqué
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PARTNERS
Strengthening our One Health strategy
Establishing the One Health High-Level Expert Panel
SUMMARY
In partnership, the OIE, WHO, FAO and UNEP have established a One Health High-Level Expert Panel to advise thefour organisations on scientific evidence to support risk management at the human—animal—environmentinterface.
KEYWORDS
#One Health, #Tripartite (FAO/OIE/WHO), #United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), #World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
The 12th of November 2020 marked a special day for advocates and practitioners of One Healthand encouraged others to consider how the health of people, animals and the environment isinterconnected.
On this day, at the Paris Peace Forum, the Ministerial Meeting of the Alliance for Multilateralism(1) called upon theFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), theUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a One HealthHigh-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP).
The Alliance for Multilateralism was formed to protect and preserve international standards and agreements, as wellas to support the agendas of multilateral organisations in the delivery of their mandates to support citizens across
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the globe. This bodes well for the OIE, whose raison d’être (in part) is to publish standards in an environment wheremultilateralism has less importance, but also for our collective call to action for One Health. As such, following arequest from the Alliance, colleagues in FAO, OIE, UNEP and WHO worked together on the terms of reference for theOHHLEP, as well as on a call for experts.
While the FAO–OIE–WHO collaboration has advocated for a One Health approach to address health issues at thehuman–animal–environment interface for decades, this request to establish the OHHLEP strengthens ourOne Health strategy. With the Panel, we will have access to more diverse expertise in disciplines beyond public,veterinary and environmental health to include social, economic and behavioural sciences. This will make ourapproach to One Health a more refined instrument with which to examine the complex health issues before us. Inaddition, the inclusion of UNEP in the FAO–OIE–WHO collaboration further bolsters our collective vision of a morecoherent One Health approach in the face of current and future health issues over the long term.
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(1) The Alliance for Multilateralism was launched by the French and German Foreign Ministers as an informal network of countries united in their
conviction that a rules-based multilateral order is the only reliable way to guarantee international stability and peace and that our common
challenges can only be solved through cooperation.
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ACTIVITIES & PROGRAMMES
PARTNERS
Italian G20 Presidency: The Rome Declaration
Global Health Summit, Rome, 21 May 2021KEYWORDS
#COVID-19, #declaration, #G20, #One Health, #pandemic, #public health.
https://global-health-summit.europa.eu
On 21 May 2021 in Rome, the European Commission and Italy, as chair of the G20, co-hostedthe Global Health Summit.
The Summit was an opportunity for G20 and invited leaders, heads of international and regional organisations, and
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representatives of global health bodies, to share lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The leaders adopted the Rome Declaration, committing to common principles to overcome COVID-19 and toprevent and prepare for future pandemics.
The Rome Declaration
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OFFICIAL ACTS
OIE COUNCIL
Activities of the OIE Council
KEYWORDS
#OIE Council, #OIE General Session, #World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
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A new Council was established through the elections held at the 88th General Session of theWorld Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
Dr Hugo Idoyaga chaired his first Council meeting as President from 28 to 30 September 2021. The meeting washeld virtually. During this meeting, the Council endorsed the OIE Director General’s proposal to hold the89th General Session (2022) in a hybrid format, which will allow for some delegations to attend this event face toface while others will be able to take part virtually. During its September meeting, the Council also addressedvarious administrative and institutional matters, such as the implementation and financing of the Seventh StrategicPlan. A summary of the minutes of this meeting will be made available on the OIE Delegates’ website.
To ensure that the new Council members would gain a good understanding of their role within this governance bodyof the Organisation, the Director General’s Office organised an Onboarding Training Workshop on21 September 2021, attended by the three new members as well as two current members, including the President.
As a follow-up to the September 2021 meeting, there will be an extraordinary meeting of the Council during theweek of 6 December 2021, to discuss options to secure income for the Organisation’s regular budget. The nextordinary meeting of the Council is scheduled to take place in early March 2022, in preparation for the89th General Session.
Note: The recent change of Delegate of the United Arab Emirates to the OIE leaves a vacancy for the Middle-East region at the OIE Council. Thisposition will remain vacant until the 89th General Session, when partial elections will take place.
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OFFICIAL ACTS
RESOLUTIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS
Resolutions adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE
during the 88th General Session, 24–28 May 2021KEYWORDS
#OIE General Session, #resolution, #World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
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No. 1 Approval of the annual report of the Director General on the activities of the OIE in 2019 and 2020
No. 2 Approval of the report of the Director General on the management, activities and administrative work ofthe OIE in 2020
No. 3 Approval of the financial report for the 94th financial year of the OIE (1 January – 31 December 2020)
No. 4 Acknowledgements to the Members and partners that made voluntary contributions or subsidies to theOIE, or contributed in the organisation of OIE meetings and for the provision of personnel
No. 5 Modification of the 2021 budget
No. 6 OIE budgetary income and expenses for the 96th financial year (1 January to 31 December 2022)
No. 7 Financial contributions from OIE Members for 2022
No. 8 Planned work programme for 2021–2022
No. 9 Renewal of the appointment of the External Auditor
No. 10 Modalities of holding General Sessions
No. 11 Seventh Strategic Plan of the OIE for the 2021–2025 period
No. 12 Appointment of the Director General
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No. 13 Recognition of the foot and mouth disease status of Members
No. 14 Endorsement of official control programmes for foot and mouth disease of Members
No. 15 Recognition of the contagious bovine pleuropneumonia status of Members
No. 16 Endorsement of official control programmes for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia of Members
No. 17 Recognition of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy risk status of Members
No. 18 Recognition of the African horse sickness status of Members
No. 19 Recognition of the peste des petits ruminants status of Members
No. 20 Recognition of the classical swine fever status of Members
No. 21 Endorsement of official control programmes for dog-mediated rabies of Members
No. 22 First addendum to Resolution No. 15 of 29 May 2020 on the ‘Procedures for Members for the officialrecognition and maintenance of animal health status of certain animal diseases or risk status of bovinespongiform encephalopathy and for the endorsement of official control programmes.’
No. 23 First addendum to Resolution No. 16 of 29 May 2020 on the ‘Costs to be covered by Members applyingfor the official recognition of animal health status of certain animal diseases or risk status of bovinespongiform encephalopathy and the endorsement of official control programmes.’
No. 24 Amendments to the Aquatic Animal Health Code
No. 25 Amendments to the Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals
No. 26 Amendments to the Terrestrial Animal Health Code
No. 27 Amendments to the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals
No. 28 Designation of OIE Reference Laboratories for terrestrial animal diseases
No. 29 Designation of OIE Collaborating Centres
No. 30 Register of diagnostic kits validated and certified by the OIE
No. 31 How OIE can support Veterinary Services to achieve One Health resilience
All the resolutions adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE since 2001
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OFFICIAL ACTS
RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Seventh Strategic Plan of the OIE
Our ambition for 2025KEYWORDS
#OIE Strategic Plan, #strategy, #sustainability, #World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
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Contributing to global goals through improved sustainability of animal production continues tobe one of the overriding objectives of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
There have been global developments on climate change, food consumption patterns, animal welfare or societalexpectations for more environmentally friendly animal production. These developments need to be consideredalong with advances in science and information technology, and the increasing complexity and interrelatedness ofsystems.
With the COVID-19 crisis, these societal expectations have become even greater, and even more urgent, whileother concerns have appeared on the list of priorities. These include issues relating to the surveillance of potentialreservoirs of zoonotic pathogens posing a high epidemic risk, especially in wildlife.
Consequently:
the OIE must exercise its voice in global discussions on these issues, within frameworks such as the SustainableDevelopment Goals or the One Health approach, as they have a direct impact on the socio-economic balance ofrural families and the sustainability of animal production systems;
Veterinary Services must be better prepared to respond to these complex, multiple challenges, which require abroader array of knowledge and skills than that usually covered in veterinary schools.
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Building on its experience and expertise, and with the support of its network of Reference Centres, the OIE will helpto foster the necessary changes so that national Veterinary Services, and more broadly animal health services, arebetter equipped to anticipate and respond to new expectations.
The 7th Strategic Plan of the OIE shares a global vision and a framework for actionfor 2021–2025
In preparing the 7th Strategic Plan, we engaged with our Members, partners and staff to define future expectations.In addition, a survey was conducted among our Members to identify the external factors that will influence theactivities of Veterinary Services and the adaptations that these factors will require. We have also benefited from thefirst lessons learnt from the COVID-19 crisis, which do not call into question the relevance of the strategic objectivesproposed for the coming years, but lead us to review the prioritisation of their operational implementation. Indeed,the OIE’s activities need to be adapted in light of these issues in order to meet Members’ expectations, in a contextwhere the objectives must remain consistent with the available resources. Together, we have prepared this7th Strategic Plan, with the aim of contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and together, wewill rise to the challenge of implementing it.
OIE Seventh Strategic Plan (2021–2025)
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OFFICIAL ACTS
RESOLUTIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS
Lessons identified from before and during the pandemic: how the OIEcan support Veterinary Services to achieve One Health resilience
Technical item presented during the 88th General Session of the OIEKEYWORDS
#emergency management, #OIE General Session, #One Health, #pandemic, #resilience, #sustainability, #Technical Item, #wildlife health,#World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
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The report draws on evidence gathered by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE),before and during the pandemic, to highlight important areas for the OIE’s coreprogrammatic work.
The first section of the report describes the OIE’s international response to the pandemic. It summarises theresults of an interim after-action review which the OIE undertook to learn about its contribution to the pandemicresponse, particularly its service to Members, and how it could improve.
The second section highlights three areas which have, in recent years, been identified as vulnerabilities inOne Health resilience. For each of these three areas – wildlife health, emergency management and laboratorysustainability – the paper describes gaps that have been identified through evidence gathering and analysis. Eachsubsection also describes activities which the OIE is undertaking to address these vulnerabilities. In addition tohighlighting capacity needs, the paper aims to demonstrate the potential value of data, in driving policydirection and improving service delivery, that is collected, systematically by the OIE through OIE–WAHIS and thePVS Pathway; through publicly available information; and through ad hoc surveys and consultations.
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[ View the report ]
The Resolution accompanying this technical item was adopted by the OIE World Assembly of Delegates on27 May 2021. It provides recommendations on what the OIE can do to address current vulnerabilities to One Healthresilience.
[ View the Resolution ]
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OFFICIAL ACTS
ELECTIONS
Election of the Director General of the OIE. Elections for the OIE Council,Regional and Specialist Commissions
KEYWORDS
#OIE Council, #OIE Director General, #OIE General Session, #OIE Regional Commission, #OIE Specialist Commission, World Organisation forAnimal Health (OIE).
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All elections during the 88th General Session of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)were organised on 28 May 2021 through a secure remote electronic voting system and wereoverseen by an independent legal expert. The final report of the 88th General Session providesfull details on the process.
OIE Director GeneralDr Monique Éloit (France) was re-elected as the Director General of the OIE for a period of five years, namely until30 June 2026.
OIE CouncilPresident of the AssemblyDr Hugo Federico Idoyaga Benítez (Paraguay)Past PresidentDr Mark Schipp (Australia)Vice-President of the Assembly
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Dr Christianne Bruschke (The Netherlands)Members of the CouncilDr Daniel Komla Batawui (Togo)Dr Roland Xolani Dlamini (Eswatini)Dr Yobani Gutierrez Ravelo (Cuba)Dr Him Hoo Yap (Singapore)Dr Konstantin Savenkov (Russia)Dr Majid Al Qassimi (United Arab Emirates)
OIE Regional CommissionsBureau of the Regional Commission for Africa
PresidentDr Honoré Robert N’Lemba Mabela (Dem. Rep. of the Congo)Vice-PresidentsDr Letlhogile Modisa (Botswana)Dr Mbargou Lo (Senegal)Secretary GeneralDr Anna Rose Ademun Okurut (Uganda)
Bureau of the Regional Commission for the Americas
PresidentDr Jaspinder Komal (Canada)Vice-PresidentsDr Wilmer Juarez Juarez (Nicaragua)Dr Ximena Melón (Argentina)Secretary GeneralDr Arnold Dwarkasing (Curaçao)
Bureau of the Regional Commission for Asia, the Far East and Oceania
PresidentDr Baoxu Huang (People’s Rep. of China)Vice-PresidentsDr Tony Zohrab (New Zealand)Dr Masatsugu Okita (Japan)Secretary GeneralDr Ye Tun Win (Myanmar)
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Bureau of the Regional Commission for Europe
PresidentDr Māris Balodis (Latvia)Vice-PresidentsDr Ulrich Herzog (Austria)Dr Vesna Daković (Montenegro)Secretary GeneralDr Vasili Basiladze (Georgia)
Bureau of the Regional Commission for the Middle East
PresidentDr Fajer Sabah Al Salloom (Bahrain)Vice-PresidentsDr Sanad Al Harbi (Saudi Arabia)Dr Abdul Hakim Mahmoud Ali (Egypt)Secretary GeneralDr Elias Ibrahim (Lebanon)
OIE Specialist CommissionsTerrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission
PresidentDr Étienne Bonbon (France)Vice-PresidentsDr Gastón Funes (Argentina)Dr Salah Hammami (Tunisia)Members of the CommissionDr Kiyokazu Murai (Japan)Dr Lucio Carbajo Goñi (Spain)Dr Bernardo Todeschini (Brazil)
Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases
PresidentDr Cristobal Zepeda (United States of America)Vice-PresidentsDr Kris De Clercq (Belgium)Dr Trevor Drew (Australia)Members of the CommissionDr Silvia Bellini (Italy)Dr Baptiste Dungu (South Africa)
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Dr Mischeck Mulumba (Zambia)
Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission
PresidentDr Ingo Ernst (Australia)Vice-PresidentsDr Alicia Gallardo Lagno (Chile)Dr Fiona Geoghegan (Ireland)Members of the CommissionDr Kevin Christison (South Africa)Dr Espen Rimstad (Norway)Dr Hong Liu (People’s Republic of China)
Biological Standards Commission
PresidentDr Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann (Côte d’Ivoire)Vice-PresidentsDr Ann Cullinane (Ireland)Dr John Pasick (Canada)Members of the CommissionDr Joseph S. O’Keefe (New Zealand)Dr Chris Oura (Trinidad and Tobago)Dr Satoko Kawaji (Japan)
General organisation
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OFFICIAL ACTS
RESOLUTIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendations of Conferences of OIE Regional Commissions
KEYWORDS
#conference, #OIE Regional Commission, #recommendation, #World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
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Each Regional Commission of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) organises aConference every two years. These Conferences are devoted to technical items and to regionalcooperation in animal health, animal welfare and animal production food safety issues within theregion.
In May 2021, during the 88th General Session of the World Assembly of OIE Delegates, the President confirmed thatthe Assembly had noted the activity reports of the Commissions and endorsed the recommendations of the31st Conference of the Regional Commission for Asia, the Far East and Oceania (Sendai, Japan,2–6 September 2019) and the 15th Conference of the Regional Commission for the Middle East (Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates, 10–14 November 2019).
However, due to the adaptation to a virtual format of the 25th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission forthe Americas (22–23 September 2020), the 29th Conference of the Regional Commission for Europe (9–10November 2020) and the 24th Conference of the Regional Commission for Africa (9-11 February 2021), thetraditional technical items that would normally have been presented and discussed for the elaboration ofrecommendations, were not included in the agenda of these Conferences (reduced agenda). Thus, norecommendations were developed during these Conferences.
Recommendations of Conferences of OIE Regional Commissions and reports of the meetings of the OIE Regional
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Commissions held during the OIE General Sessions since 2001
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EXPERT REPORTS
SPECIALIST COMMISSIONS
Activities of the OIE Specialist Commissions
KEYWORDS
#OIE Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission, #OIE Biological Standards Commission, #OIE Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases,#OIE Specialist Commission, #OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission, #World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
Report of the meeting of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission (Code Commission) held from 2 to11 February 2021.
Report of the meeting of the OIE Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases (SCAD) held from 1 to11 February 2021.
Report of the meeting of the OIE Biological Standards Commission (BSC) held on 8, 9, 11 and 12 February 2021.
Report of the meeting of the OIE Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission held from 17 to 24 February 2021.
More information about OIE Specialist Commissions
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EXPERT REPORTS
WORKING GROUPS
Activities of the OIE Working Groups
KEYWORDS
#OIE Working Group, #OIE Working Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, #OIE Working Group on Wildlife, #World Organisation for AnimalHealth (OIE).
Photo by James Hammond on Unsplash
Working Group on Antimicrobial ResistanceFounded in 2019, this Working Group was established to support the implementation of the OIE Strategy onAntimicrobial Resistance and the Prudent Use of Antimicrobials and the organisation’s capacity to respond to globalchallenges according to its mandate.
♦ Report of the meeting of the OIE Working Group on Antimicrobial Resistance held from 6 to 9 April 2021.
Working Group on WildlifeFounded in 1994, this Working Group informs and advises the OIE on all health problems relating to wild animals,whether in the wild or in captivity. It has prepared recommendations and oversees numerous scientific publicationson the surveillance and control of the most important specific wildlife diseases.
♦ Reports of the meetings of the OIE Working Group on Wildlife held from 1 to 4 December 2020 and from 15 to18 June 2021.
More information about OIE Working Groups
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EXPERT REPORTS
AD HOC GROUPS
Activities of ad hoc groups
KEYWORDS
#OIE ad hoc group, #World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
Photo: © François Diaz
Ad hoc groups are convened to support the work of OIE Specialist Commissions.
Meeting calendar and reports are available here.
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ANIMAL HEALTH
Transparency: submitting disease notifications and regular reportsto the OIE
Notification process and update on the annual report and voluntary report on wildlifeKEYWORDS
#data management, #OIE-WAHIS, #transparency, #World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
The new OIE World Animal Health Information System, better known as OIE-WAHIS, is aninternet-based computer system that processes data on animal diseases, of both domesticanimals and wildlife, in real time. The data – which covers OIE-listed diseases, emergingdiseases and zoonoses – is gathered by the Veterinary Services of OIE Members and non-member countries and territories.
The information can be publicly accessed at https://wahis.oie.int/#/home. In addition, the OIE disseminates thisinformation to its Members and to the international community through the OIE–WAHIS Distribution list. Reportingaccess to this secure site is only available to OIE Delegates and Chief Veterinary Officers or to their nominees (‘focalpoints’).
The new system, which replaces its predecessor, WAHIS, was launched in March 2021, with two main modules:
a. An early warning system to collect and inform the international community, by means of immediate notificationsand follow-up reports, of relevant epidemiological events that have occurred in OIE Member and non-membercountries.b. A monitoring system to monitor OIE-listed diseases in terrestrial and aquatic animals (presence or absence) overtime, by collecting six-monthly reports from OIE Members. The new public interface includes tools to facilitate data consultation (dashboards and interactive mapping tools)
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and tools to make it easier to extract officially validated animal health data.
The OIE–WAHIS system has continued to evolve since its launch. New functionalities are being added andperformance is gradually improving. The OIE and the European Commission are currently running the AnimalDisease Information System (ADIS) project to establish connectivity between OIE–WAHIS and the European Union(EU) regional animal disease platform in order to create a single data entry point for EU Member States. There areplans to launch new components so that the whole range of reports and information that countries send to the OIEcan be submitted via OIE–WAHIS. Work is currently underway to develop the annual report module (to reportadditional information on zoonoses, animal populations, the veterinary workforce, etc.). The module for thevoluntary report on non-OIE-listed diseases in wildlife will be developed in 2022, and it will be of pivotal importancein meeting one of the objectives of the OIE Wildlife Health Framework, namely, better transparency and accuracy inreporting diseases in wildlife. These and other upcoming improvements will align with the priorities of the OIE digitaltransformation strategy, which itself is aligned with the OIE Seventh Strategic Plan.
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ANIMAL HEALTH
New OIE standard operating procedures
KEYWORDS
#animal disease, #disease status, #emerging pathogen, #emerging viral disease, #emerging zoonosis, #OIE-listed disease, #self-declaration,#standard operating procedure, #Terrestrial Animal Health Code, #transparency, #World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
Standard operating procedure for listing decisions for pathogenicagents of terrestrial animalsThis procedure describes the process to be followed for assessing a pathogenic agent of terrestrial animals againstthe criteria in Chapter 1.2. of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code for decisions regarding inclusion in the OIE List inChapter 1.3.
[ View the procedure (October 2020) ]
Standard operating procedure for determining if a disease should beconsidered as emerging diseaseThis procedure describes the process to be followed for determining if a disease meets the Terrestrial Animal HealthCode definition for an emerging disease and the consequent actions until the scientific information available issufficient to support a fully informed assessment against the listing criteria as described in Chapter 1.2. of theTerrestrial Code.
[ View the procedure (March 2021) ]
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Standard operating procedure on the publication of the self-declaration of animal health status of MembersThis procedure describes the process for the preparation, screening and publication of self-declarations of freedomfrom any disease (other than those diseases for which the OIE has put in place a specific procedure for officialrecognition of animal health status).
[ View the procedure (June 2021) ]
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ANIMAL HEALTH
OFFICIAL DISEASE STATUS
Recognition of the disease status of OIE Members or endorsement ofofficial control programmes
88th OIE General Session, 24–28 May 2021KEYWORDS
#disease status, #OIE General Session, #resolution, #World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
Recognition of the foot and mouth disease (FMD) status of Members:Resolution no. 13 dated 27 May 2021
Endorsement of official control programmes for foot and mouth disease(FMD) of Members: Resolution no. 14 dated 27 May 2021
Recognition of the contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) status ofMembers: Resolution no. 15 dated 27 May 2021
Endorsement of official control programmes for contagious bovinepleuropneumonia (CBPP) of Members: Resolution no. 16 dated 27 May 2021
Recognition of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)> risk status ofMembers: Resolution no. 17 dated 27 May 2021
Recognition of the African horse sickness (AHS) status of Members:Resolution no. 18 dated 27 May 2021
Recognition of the peste des petits ruminants (PPR) status of Members:
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Resolution no. 19 dated 27 May 2021
Recognition of the classical swine fever (CSF) status of Members: Resolutionno. 20 dated 27 May 2021
Endorsement of official control programmes for dog-mediated rabiesof Members: Resolution no. 21 dated 27 May 2021
First addendum to Resolution No. 15 of 29 May 2020 on the ‘Proceduresfor Members for the official recognition and maintenance of animal health status ofcertain animal diseases or risk status of bovine spongiform encephalopathy andfor the endorsement of official control programmes’: Resolution no. 22 dated28 May 2021
First addendum to Resolution No. 16 of 29 May 2020 on the ‘Costs to becovered by Members applying for the official recognition of animal health status ofcertain animal diseases or risk status of bovine spongiform encephalopathy andthe endorsement of official control programmes’: Resolution no. 23 dated28 May 2021
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ANIMAL HEALTH
AD HOC GROUPS
Developing case definitions for OIE-listed diseases for terrestrial animals
KEYWORDS
#animal disease, #OIE-listed disease, #Terrestrial Animal Health Code, #World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
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The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) maintains a list of terrestrial and aquatic animaldiseases that are of international concern owing to their effect on animal or human health, andOIE Members are obliged to notify the OIE when any OIE-listed disease (or infection, orinfestation) is detected in their country, zone or compartment. In turn, the OIE disseminates thisinformation to other Members, so that they can take the necessary actions to prevent thetransboundary spread of these animal diseases.
The list of diseases notifiable to the OIE is reviewed on a regular basis, and exclusions and new inclusions areadopted by the World Assembly of OIE Delegates at its General Session every year.
It is important that OIE Members share a common understanding of what constitutes a ‘case’ for thepurposes of notification – the case definition – so that the occurrence and distribution of confirmed cases can benotified consistently among Members and over time. The Terrestrial Animal Health Code (Terrestrial Code) does notyet include a case definition for all OIE-listed terrestrial diseases, which could result in poor or inconsistentnotification of disease events. To address this, and to assist Members in meeting their notification obligations, theOIE is working in collaboration with subject-matter experts to develop case definitions for those OIE-listed diseases where this information is absent or incomplete in the Terrestrial Code. The case definitions willeventually be incorporated in the Terrestrial Code through the OIE standard-setting process, in accordance with theprioritised work programme of the Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission. In the interim they will be made
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publicly available on the OIE website after the endorsement of the Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases.
The development of these case definitions supports the initiative of the OIE to codify information included innotifications submitted by OIE Members in the World Animal Health Information System (OIE-WAHIS). Accuratecodification allows identification and consistent classification of core information, key components of which(including pathogenic agent and host species) are captured by the case definitions.
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OFFICIAL ACTS
NEW DELEGATES
1 November 2021SWEDENDr Lena Hellqvist BjörnerotChief Veterinary Officer, Swedish Board of Agriculture, Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation
4 October 2021ECUADOREng. Carlos Alberto Muentes MacíasDirector Ejecutivo, Agencia de Regulación y Control Fito y Zoosanitario AGROCALIDAD
8 September 2021UNITED ARAB EMIRATESDr Kaltham Ali KayafHead of Laboratory Pesticides Analysis and Residues Section, National Laboratories, Ministry ofClimate Change and Environment
23 August 2021CÔTE D’IVOIREDr Vessaly KalloDirecteur des Services vétérinaires, Ministère des ressources animales et halieutiques
6 August 2021ECUADOREng. Rommel Anibal Betancourt HerreraDirector Ejecutivo, Agencia de Regulación y Control Fito y Zoosanitario AGROCALIDAD
23 July 2021KOREA (REP. OF)Dr Dongsik Lee
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Chief Veterinary Officer, Director, Animal Health Policy Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
21 July 2021KYRGYZSTANMr Almaz SharshenbekovDirector, State Inspectorate of Veterinary and Phyto-Sanitary Security
1 July 2021ETHIOPIADr Fikru Regassa GariState Minister, Livestock Resources Development Sector, Ministry of Agriculture
28 June 2021CANADADr Mary Jane IrelandChief Veterinary Officer, Executive Director, Animal Health Directorate, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
21 June 2021FRANCEDr Emmanuelle SoubeyranDirectrice générale adjointe, Direction générale de l’alimentation, Ministère de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation
9 June 2021BURKINA FASODr Adama MaigaDirecteur général des Services vétérinaires, Ministère des ressources animales et halieutiques
7 June 2021VANUATUDr Ian PeeblesActing Principal Veterinary Officer, Biosecurity Vanuatu, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries andBiosecurity
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7 June 2021ECUADORDr Julio César Paredes MuñozDirector Ejecutivo, AGROCALIDAD, Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
1 June 2021BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINADr Saša BoškovićChief Veterinary Officer, Director of the Veterinary Office, Ministry of Foreign Trade and EconomicRelations
24 May 2021POLANDDr Krzysztof JażdżewskiDeputy Chief Veterinary Officer, General Veterinary Inspectorate, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
7 May 2021BOLIVIADr Patrick Renán Nogales MejíaDirector General Ejecutivo, Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaria, Ministerio deDesarrollo Rural y Tierras
5 May 2021MAURITIUSDr Pitmbarsing BeeharryPrincipal Veterinary Officer, Livestock and Veterinary Division, Agricultural Services, Ministry ofAgro-Industry and Food Security
3 May 2021TUNISIADr Hichem BouzghaiaDirecteur général, Services vétérinaires, Ministère de l’agriculture, des ressources hydrauliques etde la pêche
30 April 2021KYRGYZSTAN
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Dr Samir OsmonalievDirector, State Inspectorate of Veterinary and Phyto-Sanitary Security
28 April 2021LITHUANIADr Mantas StaškevičiusDirector, State Food and Veterinary Service
28 April 2021JAPANDr Masatsugu OkitaDirector of International Animal Health Affairs Office, Animal Health Division, Food Safety andConsumer Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
22 April 2021URUGUAYDr Enrique Diego De Freitas NettoDirector General, Dirección General de Servicios Ganaderos, Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca
19 April 2021MONGOLIADr Ganzorig BasanChief Veterinary Officer, Director General, General Authority for Veterinary Services, Ministry ofFood, Agriculture and Light Industry
13 April 2021BURUNDIDr Désiré NtakirutimanaDirecteur, Département de la santé animale, Ministère de l’agriculture et de l’élevage
6 April 2021GHANADr Patrick AbakehChief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Service Directorate, Ministry of Food and Agriculture
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4 April 2021BANGLADESHDr Shaikh Azizur RahmanDirector General, Department of Livestock Services (DLS), Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock
2 April 2021SRI LANKADr Kasthuri Arachchige Chandrika Hemali Abeyratne KothalawalaDirector General, Department of Animal Production and Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs,Livestock Development, Irrigation & Fisheries
29 March 2021UNITED STATES OF AMERICADr Burke HealeyDeputy Administrator, United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant HealthInspection Service Veterinary Services (USDA–APHIS–VS)
26 March 2021CABO VERDEDr Ana Lina Pereira De Barros OlendeDirectrice, Services de l’élevage, Ministère de l’agriculture et de l’environnement
15 March 2021SURINAMEDr Faizel WilnisChief Veterinary Officer, Department of Animal Production and Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandryand Fisheries
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OFFICIAL ACTS
NEW REFERENCE CENTRES
NEW OIE REFERENCE LABORATORIES
African swine fever
Dr Zhiliang WangNational Surveillance and Research Center for Exotic Animal DiseasesChina Animal Health and Epidemiology Center (CAHEC)369 Nanjing RoadQingdao 266032PEOPLE’S REP. OF CHINATel.: +86 532 85 63 91 66E-mail: [email protected]
This new OIE Reference Laboratory focuses mainly on diagnosis, surveillance and research on African swine fever(ASF), running under a quality assurance system accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005. The laboratory applies multipletools to its activities, including PCR, genotyping, genome sequencing, virus isolation and enzyme-linkedimmunosorbent assays for ASF. The laboratory drafted and modified the national diagnostic standards and thenational plan for the prevention and control of ASF and is therefore able to provide training courses on diagnosis,surveillance and field investigation for ASF. It can also provide assistance to OIE Members in capacity building forthese purposes. Finally, the laboratory has animal biosafety level 3 facilities, which can be used for in-vivo studiesor vaccine development.
Avian influenza
Dr Abdelsatar ArafaReference Laboratory for Veterinary Quality Control on Poultry ProductionAnimal Health Research InstituteAgricultural Research Center
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Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation7 Nadi El-Said StreetP.O. Box 12618Dokki, GizaEGYPTTel.: +20 2 33 37 09 58 / +20 2 33 37 09 57 / +20 2 33 38 01 21E-mail: [email protected]
This new OIE Reference Laboratory will receive samples and provide diagnostic testing services for avian influenza.The laboratory will provide training in the diagnosis of avian influenza in response to requests from OIE Members. Itcan also support OIE Members through scientific and technical consultations on disease diagnosis and laboratoryexaminations. Finally, the laboratory will supply diagnostic materials to OIE Members for disease detection andserotyping.
Bovine viral diarrhoea
Dr Kerstin WernikeInstitute of Diagnostic VirologyFriedrich-Loeffler-InstitutFederal Research Institute for Animal HealthSüdufer 1017493 Greifswald – Insel RiemsGERMANYTel.: +49 38351 7 1212E-mail: [email protected]
This new OIE Reference Laboratory focuses on diagnosis and research related to bovine viral diarrhoea virus andother ruminant pestiviruses. It can perform diagnostic investigations involving genome detection, subtyping,sequencing, antigen detection, virus isolation and serology. This laboratory also organises inter-laboratoryproficiency tests. The Reference Laboratory has extensive experience in the eradication of bovine viral diarrhoeaand in the determination of freedom from the disease. It also provides technical consultations on the preventionand control of bovine viral diarrhoea.
Brucellosis (Brucella abortus, B. melitensis)
Dr Mahmoud Hamdy
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Department of Brucellosis ResearchAnimal Health Research InstituteAgricultural Research CenterMinistry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation7 Nadi El-Said StreetP.O. Box 12618Dokki, GizaEGYPTTel.: +20 1 222 28 14 76E-mail: [email protected]
This new OIE Reference Laboratory is devoted to surveillance, diagnosis, research and control programmes forbrucellosis (Brucella abortus and B. melitensis). A variety of standard serological tests in addition tobacteriological/polymerase chain reaction identification of Brucella to the species/biovar level are undertaken.Diagnostic testing is performed under a quality assurance system certified to ISO/IEC 9001:2015 and accredited toISO/IEC 17025:2017. The laboratory provides reference reagents, as well as consultation/training via an accreditedtraining and consultation centre. The Reference Laboratory has the capacity to perform in-vivo studies onbrucellosis in a biosafety level 3 animal house facility.
Contagious equine metritis
Dr Sandrine PetryANSES – Laboratoire de santé animale, site de NormandieUnité de physiopathologie et d’épidémiologie des maladies équinesGoustranville14430 DozuléFRANCETel.: +33 2 31 79 22 76E-mail: [email protected]
This new OIE Reference Laboratory, which is also the European Union Reference Laboratory for equine diseases(other than African horse sickness), including contagious equine metritis, has the expertise and resources forlaboratory diagnostics and research on contagious equine metritis. Diagnostic tests are based on bacteriology,immunofluorescence and real-time PCR methods, which are accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017. This laboratoryprovides anti-Taylorella equigenitalis serum for the slide agglutination test and identifies strains of the genusTaylorella. It is also able to organise inter-laboratory testing and can provide scientific and technical assistance, andtraining, in the diagnosis of contagious equine metritis.
Equine influenza
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Dr Manabu NemotoEquine Research InstituteJapan Racing Association1400-4 Shiba, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 3290412JAPANTel.: +81 285 44 0090E-mail: [email protected]
This new OIE Reference Laboratory provides diagnosis, consultation and research for the prevention and control ofequine influenza. The Equine Research Institute is owned by the Japan Racing Association, which is the horse racingauthority in Japan. The laboratory has provided the OIE Expert Surveillance Panel on Equine InfluenzaVaccine Composition with information on antigenic analysis using horse antisera. Additionally, the laboratory cansupply horse antisera against H3N8 equine influenza virus for serological testing and positive controls for reverse-transcription PCR.
NEW OIE COLLABORATING CENTRES
Economics of animal healthCentre of Excellence for Sustainable Food SystemsGlobal Burden of Animal Diseases (GBADs) ProgrammeInstitute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological SciencesUniversity of LiverpoolUNITED KINGDOMTel. +44 151 794 61 13E-mail: [email protected]: www.liverpool.ac.uk/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/Website-2: www.liverpool.ac.uk/infection-veterinary-and-ecological-sciences/
This multi-national OIE Collaborating Centre will include participation from the following institutions:
Norwegian Veterinary InstituteP.O. Box 750 Sentrum0106 OsloNORWAYTel. +47 91 61 85 87E-mail: [email protected]: www.vetinst.no
Department of Population Health SciencesUtrecht UniversityTHE NETHERLANDS
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Tel. +31 30 253 10 91E-mail: [email protected]:www.uu.nl/en/organisation/faculty-of-veterinary-medicine/about-the-faculty/department-population-health-sciences/
The OIE Collaborating Centre for Economics of Animal Health will focus on the systematic use of and training inmethods related to the economics of animal health with outcomes that are aligned with the Global Burden of AnimalDiseases (GBADs) programme. Therefore, the Collaborating Centre will specialise in the following three areas:– improving methods to estimate animal disease and health burdens, including information on where they occur,who is affected, and the causes and risk factors;– improving access to and standardisation of animal disease and health burden information through thedevelopment of a shared, cloud-based knowledge engine;– improving the capacity to interpret and use information on animal diseases and health burdens.
This will be achieved by a multi-disciplinary team of economists, epidemiologists, veterinary clinicians, computerscientists and educators. The team will include early career researchers and provide PhD opportunities as it aims toincrease expertise in the discipline of animal health economics.
Good beekeeping management practices and biosecurity measuresin the apiculture sector
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della ToscanaVia Appia Nuova 141100178 RomaITALYTel. +39 06 79 09 91E-mail-1: [email protected]: [email protected]: www.izslt.it/apicoltura/
The Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana (IZSLT) is one of ten Italian GovernmentalInstitutes working within the Ministry of Health network to perform laboratory analysis, research, epidemiologicalsurveillance and international cooperation activities in animal and public health, food safety, and livestock healthand production.
The Centre supports the OIE by assisting its Members in various activities related to the application of goodbeekeeping management practices and biosecurity measures in the apiculture sector. The Centre aims to increasethe quality of hive production by encouraging the proper and prudent use of medicines in beekeeping, in line withthe OIE 6th Strategic Plan.
The main focus area of this OIE Collaborating Centre(1) is animal health management, including:
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– bee diseases– good beekeeping practices– biosecurity measures in beekeeping– early detection of bee diseases– monitoring bee health– innovation in the prevention and control of bee diseases, including sustainable approaches– coordination of experimental activities and field trials in different countries to monitor innovative approaches– diagnosis of bee diseases in the field– proper use of antimicrobials in bees and antimicrobial resistance.
It also focuses on aspects of bee diseases that have a potential impact on humans:– infant botulism– allergies and intoxications caused by plant alkaloids (pollen)– aspergillosis– residues in hive products– epidemiology, monitoring and surveillance of honey bee diseases– risk assessment.________________________________________
(1) List of main focus areas and specialties for OIE Collaborating Centres
